SENIOR Night

Senior night is scheduled for the WH vs Scituate game on Wednesday, February 13th at the Rockland Rink. Game starts at 5:55.  Senior players and their parents will be acknowledged during one of the intermissions.  Let's give these Seniors a night to remember! Come out and show your support!

$2500 Raffle

In lieu of doing our regular 50/50 raffle at our home games, we have opted to raffle off a ticket for the $2500 raffle which will be decided on 2/15.  We will be doing so at all JV and Varsity games as we need ALL TICKETS sold prior to this date.  We need everyone to help selling of the rest of these tickets as well.  We have about 30 left. Selling the rest is not an option...it's a must!  So let's get selling!!!  Thank you.  If you know anyone who would like to purchase a $50 ticket, please get in touch with Kevin Ryan at ryan.kevin@comcast.net or Karyn Pike at karynpike@comcast.net

Meet the Varsity Team!!!!!

Player Profiles have been created for each varsity player.  To view, click on ROSTER & then the player's name.

JV Wins over Oliver Ames

JV wins over Oliver Ames.

Fantastic team effort all around.  Special note to Dylan Thomas, outstanding job!

See you Wednesday for practice.

Coach Furtado

WH Boosters Meeting

ALL JV and VARSITY PARENTS, please make every attempt to attend the boosters meeting scheduled for Tuesday 1/15 @  at the NEW Hanson Police Station at 7pm.

There is a lot to cover.  Also, this is a great time to purchase your $50 raffle ticket if you have not done so (or drop off the check to cover the # you've already chosen.)

WH BOOSTERS = ALL PARENTS of WH hockey players.  Please come to support, listen, provide ideas, feedback, whatever...most importantly, JUST BE THERE. See you then!

JV Game Schedule Posted

To view the remainder of JV games, click on JV, then Schedule.

Importance of High School Hockey

 

Click on this link for an informative video on the importance of playing for your high school.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw5l4aC9y6I

 

 

Why High School Hockey?

Highly Qualified Coaches and Personal Development MIAA High School Coaches must care about the development of the student athlete as a complete person. High school is a time when young people are developing socially and mentally and a prospective college athlete will be better prepared for a college campus if they lead a life engaged in school activities. High School hockey is all about playing multiple sports, striving for academic success, good attendance, proper behavior at school, and promoting your school community through sport. Unlike for profit leagues high school hockey coaches are managed by highly qualified and educated high school administrators who are able to monitor and partner with the coach about a student athlete's development as a person. You can trust that the people coaching your son or daughter are concerned with more than just winning because they have to be.

Athletic Development
USA Hockey and College hockey coaches have recognized that one of the most important areas for a player to develop is in the area of strength and conditioning. The high school season allows players to engage in multiple sports or bookend their high school hockey season in competitive leagues supplemented by on and off ice strength development. High school coaches encourage players to engage in intense year round strength development while playing additional sports like cross country, football, baseball, or lacrosse. For profit teams and leagues that require more hours of travel than practice, frequent absences from school, and loads of games against unknown opponents may claim to provide an advantage but any rational person can see that is disputable.

The Game Experience
For generations Massachusetts High School Hockey has been a well attended spectator sport. High School Hockey thrills fans in schools and throughout whole cities and towns. When a player's career has ended games attended by family and friends will mean far more than games played in front of people, who if a player is good enough, will eventually get see him play anyway. There is no experience like traveling during the playoffs followed by school buses full of fans decorated in school colors, or witnessing a sea of your school's colors outside the Boston Garden as you go in to play and make school history! No player should deny him or herself the opportunity to leave a legacy in your school or town.


The Next Level
Whether it's Juniors, a year of Post Graduate play, or off straight to college a fully developed high school hockey player will be able to succeed at the next level. With nearly 100 former high school players currently in college hockey it is a proven fact that you can get there from here. In recent years we have seen a return of scouts from as high up as the NHL coming to see MA high school players and several are currently recognized by NHL Central Scouting.


The Big Picture
High School hockey is about being a part of something bigger than yourself. It is about being a member of a team for the benefit of your team, school, and community. Playing hockey to gain a personal advantage or rushing to a for profit program to presumably get in line for the next level team are hollow dreams. The real marrow of life comes in proper personal development and spirited competition; high school hockey in Massachusetts can provide that experience.